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AviaGames accuses competing developers of copying eight copyrighted ads and more than 100 additional ads, seeking damages and ...


Visa secured three Northern District dismissals as judges rejected MiCamp's antitrust claims and an investor class action alle...


The National Labor Relations Board urged a federal judge in Sacramento to block AB 288, arguing the new California law is pree...


Obituaries


Sandra S. Ikuta, 1954 - 2025

Dec. 15, 2025
By Craig Anderson

A leading conservative voice whose dissents influenced US Supreme Court


Victims of the Palisades Fire argue California State Parks improperly redacted maps and texts about protecting the endangered ...


Los Angeles Superior Court launched Court Commons, a mobile exhibition offering legal education, resources for self-represente...


Plaintiffs allege ChatGPT reinforced dangerous delusions that led to a killing, testing the limits of AI product liability law.


The jury found Johnson & Johnson liable but did not find it acted with malice or fraud. The jury found the company was neg...


Attorneys appreciate neutral Nolan Armstrong's empathetic and considerate approach.


A 9th Circuit panel ruled Thursday that U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers must rewrite Apple's penalty in its battle ...


Tessa Veksler's Title VI claim relies heavily on recent guidance from the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Righ...


U.S. District Judge André Birotte Jr. said that the campaign slogan "proven problem solver" is generic political language outs...


State judicial discipline officials say former commissioner Robert Driessen repeatedly overstepped his authority -- at times c...


Closing arguments in the long-running talc litigation featured competing expert testimony on asbestos detection, epidemiology ...


Intellectual Property


VirtaMove Corp. alleges AWS' migration and container services use processes covered by two of its patents, claims Amazon denie...


Dana Williamson and two other well-known political consultants have been charged with diverting $225,000 from a campaign accou...


The petition seeks to invalidate Newsom's SB 9 suspension and similar bans adopted by Los Angeles, Pasadena, Malibu, and Los A...


Judge Linda McFadden alleges she was stripped of her courtroom, denied medical accommodations, and left to work alone in a vac...


By declining to review Huntington Beach's appeal, the California Supreme Court has affirmed that charter cities cannot sideste...


Decision cites decade of chronic delays but remains silent on health issues, pension concerns raised by critics.


A federal judge found a 50-cent helpline fee for Way2Go child support debit card users to be an unfair business practice, orde...


A San Francisco judge denied Nima Momeni's request to stay a wrongful death suit during pending matters around his conviction ...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A divided 9th Circuit panel upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit claiming Campbell's 'Air Fried' chips mislead consumers, though ...


A Los Angeles judge advanced hearings for Palisades Fire victims seeking permission to file late government claims, rejecting ...


Civil Litigation


Compton City Attorney Eric J. Perrodin resigned amid dueling lawsuits with the city over his office's authority, staffing, and...


Prosecutors said that between May and July 2023, Sanchez sent multiple emails threatening to kill the judge and harm others, i...


The firm's revamped model embeds attorneys directly with CEOs and leadership teams, offering a more comprehensive alternative...


Former Lucid chief engineer sues for $10 million, alleges retaliatory firing after HR employee called him a Nazi. The company ...


Eric Grant's reappointment brings stability to the Eastern District's leadership, contrasting with mounting legal challenges a...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


While most new 9th Circuit judges remain quiet for months, Judge Eric C. Tung has already issued a dissent and statement in po...